Kid Cudi: Day n Nite

there is a light that never goes out.

visualize wealth and put yourself in the picture.

sandblasted mirror, black spray paint. 11" x 14".

art is too expensive.

Hirst: 'I have always thought that art is worth what the next guy is prepared to pay'

Art's too expensive, says Hirst (worth £200m)
By Arifa Akbar, Art Correspondent
Monday, 17 November 2008

Damien Hirst has become the nation's biggest art export, transforming the global market with multimillion-pound works and earning his place as one of the world's most expensive living artists at auction. But now, just months after the success of a ground-breaking sale at Sotheby's that brought him nearly £100m, Hirst has described the art market as over-priced, and welcomed the prospect of selling his work at cheaper rates in the present climate of recession.

Hirst admitted that art had probably become too expensive in recent years. Referring to his unsold painting of four skulls that was tipped to fetch $3m (£2.02m) at auction in New York last week, he said the work, Beautiful Artemis Thor Neptune Odin Delusional Sapphic Inspirational Hypnosis Painting, which found no takers, "was over-priced" and added: "It was bought from me less than a year ago at half the price. In a way it's good. We are looking at more realistic prices. People who bought things are not going to sell them that day. That is what an artist wants, for people to hang the works on their wall. As an artist, you don't stop making art because people are not buying it".

The 43-year-old artist, who has a personal fortune estimated at £200m, added: "I think it's quite good [adjustment in art market prices] because it became unreal ... You start to think you are touched by God. I have always thought that art is worth what the next guy is prepared to pay.”

The man described by some as the father of Britart, became the most expensive living artist at auction in 2007 for selling his pill sculpture, Lullaby Spring for £9.65m, but yesterday appeared to accept the bumper years were over, at least temporarily. "Buyers are more selective and more speculative. Four years ago, you could buy something for £50,000. If we went back to that, it's not such a problem. What goes up must come down. It's like when John Lennon went to get his long hair cut and someone asked him, 'Why are you cutting it? He said, 'What else can you do after you have grown it long?'"

Hirst, who has a reputation for being commercially astute, said his future work was likely to be priced according to market forces. "If I want to sell new work, I'll price it lower. If people have got less money, you can either just shut your door and say, 'Screw everybody', or I can wait until everyone can afford my work or price it cheaper." Speaking for the first time since the Sotheby's sale in September – which involved going direct to buyers, rather than through a gallery – he said he had been terrified that it would be a disaster. It coincided with the economic crash and the fall of Lehman Brothers.

"I woke up that morning and I saw the papers had called it Black Monday," he said. "I was shitting myself. I thought maybe they wouldn't sell anything. People were looking at me, and I thought I was going to be slaughtered. I didn't know what was going to happen with banks collapsing."

He said he felt fortunate after his pioneering Sotheby's sale. "It was lucky timing," he said. The artist, whose large-scale sculpture of a unicorn in formaldehyde, called The Dream, sold for £4.1m at Sotheby's, has made a darker sculptural version of a unicorn called The Dream is Dead, cast in solid silver and selling at Pangolin London gallery today for a mere £500,000.

He also spoke of his desire to create more works in gold, following The Golden Calf, a bull in formaldehyde with 18-carat gold hooves and horns which he created for the Sotheby's sale.

source: The Independent UK

pictures of you.

if only id known of the right words,,,

Quizas, Quizas, Quizas.

happy when it rains.

SOFA Chicago 2008.

sandcarved and painted sheet glass. framed. 70" x 50". 2008. SOFA Chicago.



Nathan Purcell.


Joshua Opdenaker.

Dan Petraitis

Hot and Coldworked Glass. Mark Leputa.

New World Water. furnace blown glass. SNIC.


Lampworked Glass and Electroformed Copper. Snic.

Kurt B.

Vessels by Chris Lydon




Pate de Vere by Brian McLaughlin

major corporations control both parties.

the only vote that actually counts is for the Third Party. You know, the one(s) not being controlled by major corporations,,,

the MTV i grew up with.

Bananarama |MTV Music

Nu Shooz |MTV Music

Stacey Q |MTV Music

Fine Young Cannibals |MTV Music

Rick Astley |MTV Music

if i could choose a place to die,

Ian McKaye is my hero.

awesome interview,,,

ive been to 82% of the USA.

visited 41 states

don't you (forget about me.)

it's amazing how you can be close to someone one day, and a stranger the next,,,

here's a video from the Breakfast Club, dont watch it unless you're an over-sensitive, emotional dork like myself;;;

The Bong Show: Pay $1,200 for a water pipe? Are you high?

2007 mainstream news article about pipe culture, its an interesting read:Phoenix Sun Times article

SMOKED! Voume 1.

Well, its official! The FIRST EVER OFFICIAL BOOK about glass pipe art is about to drop this December! Smoked! Vol. 1 is being put out by Grit City Inc, two good friends of mine in Philadelphia: notorious glass artist JAG and graphic design professional Brian Jacobson. I just got back from checking out the test pressings of the book, and i must say i was totally blown away. 30 glass pipe artists each made pieces specifically for this publication, the work has not been published anywhere else, including the internet. Included with each artist's work is a bio, artist statement, and short interview with the artist. My eyes lit up while i perused all 160 pages, there are over 100 professional photographs, and the layout is very classy, it was hard not to sit and read it cover to cover right on the spot. The front of the book includes a background about the project and the people involved, as well as a personal Introduction written by M. Slinger.

This book is about to change the face of glass pipe art collecting and culture. Never before has such a publication documenting a cross section of this subculture existed. Glass pipe-making is very similar to other subcultures like graffiti art, skateboarding, and tattoo art. It is photographs, books, and films of those cultures mentioned that has made them worldwide phenomenoms. The time has come for glass pipe art to come out from the shadows and get the exposure it deserves, and im happy to report that Smoked Vol1 does the scene justice. One day we will look back at this time as the beginning of something bigger, and this book is one of the documents that will be used to inform people about the history of this movement.

All of the pieces will be on display at a special book release exhibition at the Illadelph Gallery in Los Angeles on December 5, 2008. Smoked Vol.1 is being printed in a Limited 2500 copy run, each book will be hand numbered #/2500. You can order your copy now @www.smokedvolume1.com. There is no guarantee that a second edition of this book will be printed, so if you're a serious aficionado, you're gonna want to get on this. Your support for the project will enable a Smoked Volume 2 to be created, and helps all glass pipe artists to be recognized, and have a voice.

To order your copy today, and for more info including the list of artists involved, please check out www.smokedvolume1.com

Tv on the Radio.

my current musical obssession.

Amsterdam, 1995.

couple of Bob Marley wannabes.

*available glass*

people are always asking me if i have glass available for sale, and right now i happen to have a few bubblers, a couple sherlocks, and a goblet in stock, and for sale. for prices and/or more pics hit me up @ marble.slinger@gmail.com. serious inquiries only.

DONNY MILLER’S “GAS SIGNS: TRUTH IN ADVERTISING” CAMPAIGN

check out this video of this guerilla ad campaign artist Donny Miller did about gasloine companies... genius!

Gas Signs Truth in Advertising. from Donny Miller on Vimeo.

"??NUTHIN??"

yo Jimmy, gimme a cheese with nuthin!

say my name, say my name.

punk rock.

PROB @ Pedestrian.